Timothy Haskell Explained

Timothy Haskell
Fields:	Physics
Alma Mater:	BSc University of Canterbury PhD University of Canterbury

Timothy George Haskell is a New Zealand scientist.

Career and impact

Haskell started his career at the Physics and Engineering Laboratory of DSIR (New Zealand) and remained with them through its evolution to Industrial Research Limited (IRL). He shifted to Callaghan Innovation in 2012.

He worked with Bill Robinson on the development and installation of earthquake base isolation foundations for Te Papa. However, he is best known for his development of "Camp Haskell" - a containerised facility for working on the Sea ice of McMurdo Sound.^[1] He had equipment mounted on the Erebus Glacier Tongue when it calved in 1990.^[2] He had just finished a field trip to the glacier in 2010 when it next calved.^[3] He worked with Paul Callaghan for a time, developing portable Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology. Initial application to the determination of sea ice heterogeneity^[4] evolved to become a range of bench-top NMR devices developed by the spin-off company Magritek.

In 2009 the ocean passage between Ross Island and White Island (Ross Archipelago) was named Haskell Strait, Antarctica.^[5]

Awards

• 2019 - Thomson Medal from the Royal Society Te Apārangi^[6]
• 2008 – New Zealand Antarctic Medal (NZAM) in the 2008 New Year Honours^[7]
• 2007 – Royal Society Te Apārangi Hector Medal
• 2006 – New Zealand Association of Scientists Marsden Medal^[8]
• 1996 – Royal Society Science and Technology Medal

Notes and References

1. Stevens C, Langhorne P, Robinson P 2018. K131 Antarctic sea ice science: A case study of infrastructure, strategies, and skills, New Zealand Science Review, 74, 66-72.
2. Robinson, W. and Haskell, T.G., 1990. Calving of Erebus Glacier tongue. Nature, 346(6285), p.615.
3. Stevens, C.L., Sirguey, P., Leonard, G.H. and Haskell, T.G., 2013. Brief Communication" The 2013 Erebus Glacier Tongue calving event". The Cryosphere, 7(5), pp.1333-1337.
4. Callaghan, P.T., Eccles, C.D., Haskell, T.G., Langhorne, P.J. and Seymour, J.D., 1998. Earth's field NMR in Antarctica: a pulsed gradient spin echo NMR study of restricted diffusion in sea ice. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 133(1), pp.148-154.
5. Web site: Gazetteer - AADC. data.aad.gov.au. 2 March 2019.
6. Web site: 2019 Thomson Medal: Outstanding science and technology leadership in a diverse array of domains.
7. Web site: The New Zealand Antarctic Medal – Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC). dpmc.govt.nz. 2 March 2019.
8. Web site: New Zealand Association of Scientists - Marsden Medal. scientists.org.nz. 2 March 2019.